The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-18

stance that 1t is not thought necessary to
begin the work for some weeks yet in order
to finish IL in the required time. 80 If
there is one place in which flowers could be
more fttingly found than another is it not in
the house of him who, when on earth saw
more in single lily of the field than in all
the glory of Solomon, and who revealed to
man the purpose, in part, OF the Creator of
flowers-that they should ever speak forth
the infinitely loving care of the Maker for
his children, so that there need never be an
"anxious thought for the morrow" A
more beautiful plant we think one seldom
sees here than the cactus taken to the Meth
odist church last Sabbath by Mrs. Herbert
p. Martin. 1t was loaded with buds and
blossoms that could not but speak richest
truths to him who had ears to hear. -
Our grange continues to grow in numbers,
both by new members and the reclamation
of old ones. Nearly dozen additions have
thus been made of late. - How can the
honorable successes of "childrens chill
dren " be otherwise than gratifying to
town? In a late western paper we find that
G.. A. Bass, son of our ex-townsman, Myron
III. Bass, and member of the class of 'S8 in
the university of Evanston ILL.,, has Just
taken the first prize-S25-for the writing
and reading of the best English essay. His
subject was "The Anglo-Saxon. -
Mrs. Lewis Flint is yet very feeble and was
worse on Monday. - Mrs DIR. Elan q.
Lewis of Rutland is gradually getting up
from her severe illness of last year, and is
practicing riding, with the hope of COM
ing over here possibly this season. 60
Mrs. Dr. G.. w. McClearn is gaining quite
good deal in Mortified, and is able to be
about the house and out of doors, much to
the doctors delight. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Orrin Simons and Annie Gale of Barre were
among the attendants at the Congregational
church last Sabbath. - Don" A.
Earle is clerking in the store of Joseph
Inn. .l...r1a ts. .f III. -
Mrs. DIR. George +. Maloy of Glencoe,
Mimi, are anticipating the pleasure of her
return to the old home here for the sum-
mer She is expected next month -
Ex-townsman Nathan Harrington of Grin
nell, Iowa, is thinking of visiting this his
native place this summer. - Norman
b. Davenport has been on the sick list for
some weeks past. He has had rheumatic
fever, and is now suffering from other all
ments. - Anna Richards of Brookfield
is teaching in the Calvin Flint district.
- Matte Watson, daughter of the late
George H. Watson, is about to return to the
Profile House, White Mountains, for the
summer. - Henry j. Martin hopes to
open his grocery store about the LIST of
June. - James S. Tileston, son-n-law
of the late Darius Pride, Esq, seems likely
to find it necessary to live in the South, on
account of his ill-health. He is talking of
buying place in Marietta, Georgia, where
he has been the past two winters. -
The late great fire in Lebanon, n. H., was
in the immediate neghborhood of Mrs.
Emily Poole Duncan's home, which barely
escaped destruction. The house was
cleared, but by hard work was saved.
- Moses e. Howard of Berlin has
bought one of the two houses on the place
now occupied by the Reynolds (the old
Boutwell, farm, in the extreme southern
part of the town. Mr. Howard is to make
his home here henceforth. - Albert
Hatch, son of Hyman Hatch, has just
buried his wife in Elgin, Illinois She left
a family of several children. - Miss
Alma Adams of Washington or Chelsea is
teaching in the Gilbert o. Smith district.
AT present there are but two scholars in the
school, and at the most there are likely to
be but four. - Mrs. Helen NJ. Stickney
returned Wednesday from visit to friends
in Swanton. - Ex-Governor Smith
called Director John Lynde and our three
railroad commissioners to meet him in
Montpelier on Tuesday of this week. We
expect that all our railroad matters are to
be settled at once and the work to begin.
- Charles McAllister of Washington
was visiting j. G. Little the other day, and
while looking at some frut-trees stepped
on a broken goblet and cut his foot qui tie
badly.